sometimes i wonder if i am makin the progress i need in my recovery. i dont always feel like i belong out there in the world. it seems no matter how hard i try to do what i think is the next right thing, i get lost, confused, and fall short. ive heard in the...
with meditation i get to firm up and sustain my relationship with my HP. it allows me to listen to His intuitive voice so i may make decisions that help me live as cleanly as i can. meditation helps me to train my mind to focus to stay in one place and stay in the...
when i came into the rooms nobody told me i had to choose a single means of a higher power. all they suggested was that i find one and make sure that i wasnt it. nobody told me i had to listen for my HPs intuitive knowledge in any certain way. they just suggested that...
before my recovery began i felt the things that went on within me. resentment, fear, anger, hate, frustration, self-centeredness, just to name a few, but i didnt know what to do or how to relieve myself of them. i may have been taught how to let loose of these things throughout my life, but due...
I am Responsible, when Anyone, Anywhere, Reaches Out for Help, I want the Hand of AA always to be there, And for that I AM RESPONSIBLE. Just what does this mean. I am writing this to myself as a reminder to what this pledge means for my recovery. I am not only responsible to help...
spiritual awareness happens for me when i communicate openly with my HP. its how i grow my relationship with Him. He doesnt have to be anyones conception but my own. i was raised in a religious home and still believe in my religious teachins as a young un. i can say today, in recovery, that...
lettin loose my self-will has gotten easier as my time in recovery has progressed. i reckon it aint ever gonna go away, at least thats what ive learned from listenin to others in the rooms. but that doesnt mean i cant keep an eye on it and when i start feelin or seein it and...
the personal work ive done, with my HPs help, while in recovery, usin its spiritual guidelines, have provided me with an unshakeable foundation when i choose to apply what i have learned. there are actions i must do on a daily basis if i want to keep the gift i have discovered through recovery. many...
doin the self-examination of steps 4 & 8 without the ability to ask my HP for guidance, then patiently awaitin for His direction with a time of meditation, does me no good. i understand the 12 spiritual principles are in a distinct order in which i must use them as laid out so i can...
the continuance of livin and practicin each spiritual principle doesnt ever stop for me. it is a practice i must continue to hone throughout each moment of each day. i aint gonna try to story tell ya and say that my head is always thinkin bout recovery, cause it aint. im human and have been...